Shortly after my last post, I billed almost 50 hours in 3.5 days and then flew to North Carolina for a quick trip to see the sis, see the niece, and play a reunion show with the old band. It was a 48 hour trip – I left NOLA at 5am Thursday and hopped a…
Category: Drama Queen
Mary Speaks
I’ve always disliked that song “Mary Did You Know” (sorry if you love it!) It plays this time of year on repeat, and I switch the channel whenever I hear it. This is partly because it is pretty cheesy (see also: Christmas Shoes), but it is also because I feel that it is a rendering…
Melancholy
I was thinking about him yesterday. No particular reason. I think being pregnant did it, maybe. I’m sentimental enough on the average day, but throw in gestation and I’m pretty much a sodden Kleenex. This baby is a son, another son, and as I interlace my fingers around my burgeoning belly I think of how…
Trajectory
Do you ever feel like you’ve been gently, insistently redirected? Herded. Shepherded. There is a distinction, but in either case, direction from an outside source is implicit. A sheep-i-ness is implied. I have let the slings and arrows of daily existence make me go baaa. I sometimes feel my youth slipping away from me, which…
Hack hack coff coff snort
Has anyone heard of a neti pot? I purchased this one today online, because I couldn’t find them in the drugstores here in SmallTownUSA. 7-10 business days from now, if I’m still hack hacking and coff coffing and dribble dribbling, then I’ll try it and tell you if it works. If I’m done with the…